Consequences of antiepileptic drug withdrawal: A randomized, double-blind study (Akershus Study)

Epilepsia

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 455-463

  Lossius, Morten Ingvar ^a,b,e   Hessen, Erik ^a   Mowinckel, Petter ^c   Stavem, Knut ^a   Erikssen, Jan ^a   Gulbrandsen, Paal ^a,d   Gjerstad, Leif ^b,d  

^a AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e National Centre for Epilepsy   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cognition; EEG; Epilepsy; HRQOL; RCT; Seizure relapse; Withdrawal of antiepileptic drugs

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAPSE;

EID: 39749201011     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2007.01323.x     Document Type: Article

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